cathedral
Sint-Janskathedraal
The Netherlands' finest Gothic cathedral bristles with grotesque flying-buttress carvings in Hieronymus Bosch's home city.
24 km · about 25 min drive
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Tiel
Gelderland, Netherlands · Europe
About Tiel
Tiel is worth a stop: 10 minutes from Ophemert, 35km from Hoge Veluwe National Park.
Tiel is in Gelderland, Netherlands, with about 41,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Ophemert, about 5 km away.
Tiel (Dutch pronunciation: [til] ) is a municipality and a town in the middle of the Netherlands. The town is enclosed by the Waal river and the Linge river to the South and the North, and the Amsterdam-Rhine Canal to the East. Tiel comprises the population centres Kapel-Avezaath, Tiel and Wadenoijen. The city wasRead more
founded in the 5th century CE.
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What is there to see near Tiel?
Within an hour or so of Tiel: Sint-Janskathedraal (24 km), St. John's Cathedral, 's-Hertogenbosch (24 km), Rietveld Schröder House (29 km), Dom Tower of Utrecht (31 km).
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The nearest famous roads are Houtribdijk, Brouwersdam and Afsluitdijk.
Where is Tiel?
Tiel is in Gelderland, Netherlands, about 5 km from Ophemert.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 40,702
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Netherlands
- Region
- Gelderland
- Timezone
- Europe/Amsterdam
- Coordinates
- 51.8867, 5.4292
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Worth the detour from Tiel
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
cathedral
St. John's Cathedral, 's-Hertogenbosch
Brabantine Gothic cathedral in 's-Hertogenbosch, noted for hundreds of stone figures straddling its flying buttresses.
24 km · about 25 min drive
museum
Rietveld Schröder House
Gerrit Rietveld's radical 1924 Utrecht house, the purest built statement of De Stijl with its sliding walls and Mondrian palette: UNESCO-listed and visitable on pre-booked tours.
29 km · about 35 min drive
cathedral
Dom Tower of Utrecht
The Netherlands' tallest church tower at 112 metres, standing detached from its cathedral in central Utrecht.
31 km · about 35 min drive
national park
Hoge Veluwe National Park
Cycle free white bikes across heath, dune and forest to the Kröller-Müller museum's Van Goghs in this vast wild park.
35 km · about 40 min drive
museum
Kröller-Müller Museum
Museum deep inside Hoge Veluwe National Park holding the world's second-largest Van Gogh collection plus a 25-hectare sculpture garden with Rodin, Moore and Dubuffet; free white bicycles carry you there through the park.
35 km · about 40 min drive
landmark
Efteling
Enchanting Dutch fairy-tale theme park with immersive storytelling, dark rides, and world-class roller coasters.
37 km · about 45 min drive
castle
Kasteel de Haar
The Netherlands' largest castle, a turreted neo-Gothic fairytale with moats and formal gardens near Utrecht.
40 km · about 45 min drive
Driving roads near Tiel
3 named roads, passes and coastal drives within 150km.
- 65 kmErasmusbrugRotterdam's swan-necked cable-stayed bridge soars over the Maas, a striking modern icon glowing over the river at night.
Driving in Netherlands
- Drives on
- the right
- Petrol
- ~€2.04/litre
- Motorway tolls
- None
When to drive here
April to October
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